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RNS Number : 5941M

Syquant Capital

17 September 2019

Table

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:                     SYQUANT CAPITAL 
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 
 1(a): 
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient 
                                                                                             ------------------------- 
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Barrick Gold Corporation 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
                                                                                             ------------------------- 
 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify 
 identity 
 of offeror/offeree: 
                                                                                             ------------------------- 
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                   16(th) September 2019 
                                                                                             ------------------------- 
 (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code     YES - Acacia Mining PLC 
 in 
 respect of any other party to this offer? 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 
 Class of relevant security:                                   10p ordinary 
                                                       Interests      Short positions 
                                                    --------------  ------------------ 
                                                      Number    %      Number      % 
                                                    ---------  ---  -----------  ----- 
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 
                                                    ---------  ---  -----------  ----- 
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                               3,153,387    0.17 
                                                                    -----------  ----- 
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: 
                                                    ---------  ---  -----------  ----- 
 TOTAL:                                                              3,153,387    0.17 
                                                                    -----------  ----- 
 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 
 
 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

   3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit 
 
 
   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short      2,700                        17.03 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      4,900                        17.04 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         3,000                        17.05 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       15,253                       17.06 USD 
          Common                    CFD             position increasing       1,100                       17.065 USD 
          Common                    CFD               a short position        34,700                       17.07 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       1,800                       17.075 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      47,165                       17.08 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         20,600                       17.09 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       32,201                       17.1 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      800                         17.105 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         24,200                       17.11 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       18,100                       17.12 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      15,449                       17.13 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         12,081                       17.14 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       930                         17.145 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      11,100                       17.15 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         18,700                       17.16 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       29,900                       17.17 USD 
          Common                    CFD             position increasing       500                         17.175 USD 
          Common                    CFD               a short position        35,436                       17.18 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       522                         17.185 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      47,800                       17.19 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         600                         17.195 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       27,528                       17.2 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      600                         17.205 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         27,000                       17.21 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       31,070                       17.22 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      1,530                       17.225 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         9,300                        17.23 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       18,968                       17.24 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      1,448                       17.245 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         39,801                       17.25 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       600                         17.255 USD 
          Common                    CFD             position increasing       9,400                        17.26 USD 
          Common                    CFD               a short position        8,300                        17.27 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       12,200                       17.28 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      7,108                        17.29 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         8,600                        17.3 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       700                          17.31 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      4,124                        17.32 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         500                          17.33 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       6,084                        17.34 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      8,860                        17.35 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         7,288                        17.36 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       9,000                        17.37 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      1000                        17.375 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         39,432                       17.38 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       1,600                       17.385 USD 
          Common                    CFD             position increasing       28,785                       17.39 USD 
          Common                    CFD               a short position        24,400                      17.395 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       58,833                       17.4 USD 
          Common                    CFD            position increasing a      2,500                       17.405 USD 
          Common                    CFD                short position         35,460                       17.41 USD 
          Common                    CFD              increasing a short       22,100                      17.415 USD 
          Common                    CFD                   position            10,700                       17.42 USD 
          Common                    CFD               Reducing a short        300                         17.425 USD 
          Common                    CFD                   position            800                          17.43 USD 
          Common                    CFD               Reducing a short        200                         17.435 USD 
          Common                    CFD                   position            3,000                        17.51 USD 
                                                      Reducing a short 
                                                          position 
                                                      Reducing a short 
                                                    position Reducing a 
                                                  short position Reducing 
                                                      a short position 
                                                      Reducing a short 
                                                    position Reducing a 
                                                  short position Reducing 
                                                      a short position 
                                                      Reducing a short 
                                                     position Reducing 
                                                      a short position 
                                                      Reducing a short 
                                                    position Reducing a 
                                                  short position Reducing 
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                                                      Reducing a short 
                                                    position Reducing a 
                                                  short position Reducing 
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                                                     position Reducing 
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                                                          position 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
 
 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

   4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
   (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
 Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal 
  or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain 
  from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or 
  any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
 
   NONE 
 
   (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 
  making the disclosure and any other person relating to: 
  (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or 
  (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which 
  any derivative is referenced: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
 
   NONE 
 
   (c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO 
 
 
 Date of disclosure:    17(th) September 2019 
 Contact name:          Laurent Boscherel 
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 Telephone number:      +33 1 42 56 56 27 
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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